Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

81 reviews

deebot's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

tbrplaylist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

_nem_'s review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was really thoughtful about the way it addresses dying and relationships. It did get very heavy at parts but I guess the warning is right there in the title. It seemed to end very suddenly which made it even more sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Terminal illness, and Child death

pau_line's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Poahhhh, wie konnte ich bei so Seite 30 denken, so schlimm kanns dich gar nicht werden....ich habs beendet und alles war durchweiiicht von Tränen. Das Buch erfüllt jede Erwartung und macht es noch viel bessser. 
Die Charakteree udn ihre Freundschaft sind einfach bezaubeeernd.
Ich mochte den Aufbau vom Buch voll gerne, auch mit den vielen Zwischenkapiteln.
Es war spannend udn herzzerreißend und beingt zum Nachdenken
+ superguter Schreibstil

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Beautifully written and full of nuggets of wisdom. A lovely story of living life, loving each other, and doing the best that you can with the time that you have. Loved the development of the characters, queer and POC representation, and just overall a great read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

bethhstanley's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death

Minor: Terminal illness and Mass/school shootings

elliereadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Did I know what was going to happen and when it was going to happen? Yes. Did I still manage to cry? Also, yes. 

I’m not personally a huge fan of “we fell in love in less than a day”, but it was still really cute. Mateo and Rufus were both really easy characters to enjoy, and I wish we would’ve gotten more time getting to be with them.

I loved a lot of the secondary characters too (namely the Plutos and Lidia), but I think that, even though it connected to Mateo’s and Rufus’ stories, a lot of the other perspectives were a bit distracting. I had to page through to remember characters who were only mentioned one other time in passing. It’s a REALLY cool concept, but I just have mixed feelings on it.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

“Twelve hours ago I received the phone call telling me I’m going to die today, and I’m more alive now than I was then.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Terminal illness, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

bealittlebrave's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Terminal illness

miss__manga__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A really interesting book. I love the concept, but I do think it could have used a bit more editing to polish it. I have the collector’s edition, where it’s clear that Rufus’ parts were added in after the first draft and unfortunately this shows. Also, ate being so good and yet so anxious - I feel like this was done really heavily, we weren’t really given any reason for it so it felt kind of forced.

I would have liked to have closure for other characters such as Delilah. I really liked how you couldn’t tell how they died until it happened - there were lots of possibilities which kept you guessing. I also enjoyed how everyone was so interconnected even if they didn’t realize it.

Character 6.5
Engagement 8
Plot 8
Writing 6.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Cursing, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

nelena1's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Terminal illness